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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Awe \Awe\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Awed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Awing}.] To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak.
His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
awed
adjective
1: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads" [syn: {awful}]
2: having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence before the shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck wonder" [syn: {awestruck}, {awestricken}, {in awe of}] [ant: {unawed}]
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